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Page 1Table of ContentsFirst Page1A REAL SON OF THE REVOLUTION Havelock Ma??'sFather Fought in the Revolutionary War. Nelson Moore's Parenta Gunner in the Continental Artillery.1SON OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER VISITS WAYNEIncidents in the Pioneer Life of Nelson Moore. Among the Lastof Sons of Revolutionary Soldiers.1List of Subscribers.2ERRATA.3Preface.4Andrew Moore and his Descendants.5Parents Second Generation,7Parents Third Generation,15Parents Fourth Generation, Children Fifth.31Parents Fifth Generation,62PIONEER NEBRASKAN PASSES.aParents Sixth Generation,109Parents Seventh Generation,193Parents Eighth Generation,254Parents Ninth Generation,272Parents Tenth Generation.275Index277ANDREW MOOREOFPOQUONOCK AND WINDSOR, CONN.,ANDHIS DESCENDANTSBYHON. HORACE L. MOORE,LAWRENCE, KANSAS.A REAL SON OFTHE REVOLUTIONHavelock Ma??'s Father Foughtin the RevolutionaryWar.Nelson Moore's Parent a Gunnerin the ContinentalArtillery.The onlyknown real Son of the American Revolution in the west, and one outof a verysmall number in the United States. has just been discovered in theperson of Nelson Moore, of 1320 P Street, Havelock, Neb. Mr. Moore willbe made an honorarymember of the Lincoln chapter of the Sons of theAmerican Revolution, and will be honored with a banquet in the near future. When the Lincoln chapter of the S. A. R. was organized about one year ago,Mr. Moore sent in his application, without however, stating that his own fatherwas a veteran of the revolutionarywar. He postponed filling out the applicationblank sent him and therefore it was onlythis week that C. S. Paine, presidentof the local S. A. R. discovered that he is a direct descendant of arevolutionaryveteran, therefore a man to be highlydistinguished in historicalsocieties. Mr. Moore has his father's pension papers proving that he served for threeyears in the revolution. His name was King Moore, and he was the onlyperson bythat name who served in the revolutionarywar. He was born 152years ago in 1762. His onlyliving son, Nelson Moore, was born in April 12,1830. King Moore's birthplace was in Connecticut. He enlisted at West Point,N. Y., in 1779, and served three years and seven months as a private andgunner in the third continental artilleryunder Captain HenryBurbeck and Col.John Crane. He was granted a pension April 14, 1818, at which time he gavehis age as 56, and his place of residence as Moreland, N. Y. He died inFredonia, N. Y., in 1836. But Six Years Old.Nelson Moore was but six years old at the time of his father's death, but herecalls vividlythat dayand the appearance of his soldier father. Nelson Moorecame to Nebraska in 1855, and spent six years freighting across the plains. Hesettled in Coleridge, Cedar county, Neb., in April of the year 1888, andengaged in stock raising and farming. He married Miss Cynthia SophiaGardner of Strawberry Point, Ia., in 1860. Theyhave four children. Mr. Moore has lived in Havelock but about a year. He is a fine lookingspecimen of the sturdystock of Nebraska pioneers and does not show his 85years. Mr. Paine says that Mr. Moore is the onlyreal son of a veteran of therevolution known of in the west. Nebraska boasted a real daughter of theAmerican revolution, living in Hastings, until a few years ago, when she died. SON OF REVOLUTIONARYSOLDIER VISITS WAYNEIncidents in the Pioneer Life of NelsonMoore. Among the Last of Sonsof Revolutionary Soldiers.Nelson Moore of Hordville, Nebraska, visited at Wayne Sunday, a guest atthe home of his cousin, E. O. Gardner and family, and it was an opportunitytorefresh memoryas to some of his varied life history, which maybe of interest,for he is one of the veryfew, if not the last one now living who is the son of asoldier of the Revolutionarywar. One hundred and fiftyyears is a long periodof time to be covered bytwo generations only. King Moore, father of Nelson Moore, enlisted in the American armyinNovember, 1779, and was then but sixteen or seventeen years of age, andserved three years and seven months private and gunner, serving under Capt.Henry Burbeck and Col. John Crane. The records do not tell in what battleshe took part, and he did not state in his application for pension which he wasgranted in 1818. He enlisted from West Point, New York, and from the familyhistorywe learn that he served as a drummerboybefore that date, thoughprobablynot enlisted, as there is no record in war department of such service.He died at the age of 75 years in Chautauqua county, New York, leaving awife and several children, of whom Mr. Moore is now sole survivor. Nelson Moore was born in Chautauqua county, New York, April 12, 1830,when that countrywas an almost unbroken forest. At six years of age he wasleft fatherless, with two children in the familyyet younger than he, and severalolder, but none old enough to help the mother much in the battle for a living.He says that he stayed a part of the time among relatives, and at an earlyagebegan to make his own way. His first work as freighter was hauling stone fromthe quarry to places where theywere to be used in the construction of the firstrailroad in western New York, the old Erie road. Later he hauled the rails foruse on that road, from the lake where theywere shipped bywater. Railroad building was not then the science that it is today, and instead ofhauling their own iron rails to the place where theywere to be used, bytheirown power over the new track theyhad the work done byteams, hauling asfar as 40 miles and stringing them out bythe grade where the track was to bebuilt. Then a gang of track layers were put out here and there to laythe newroad. The grading was done bymen with shovels, wagons or carts and bymenand wheelbarrows for veryshort hauls. At the age of 25 he left his native state, and journeyed byboat, rail and teamto southern Minnesota, where he entered a piece of land, and later relinquishedand went further west in the state, where he contracted for a fine farm and paidall he had--about $1,000 on the place. From here he went to Clayton county,Iowa, to visit a brother, and was there when the Pike's Peak gold fever brokeout. He married in March, 1860, to Sophia Gardner, who with five childern, is yetliving. He with others fitted out and started for the land of gold. He spent sevenyears of the time between 1860 and `70 freighting on the plains and in themountains, no venture in his line too hazardous to undertake. He hauled wood and supplies for the government, at one time being engagedwith a train of about fortywagons and more than 300 oxen for the motivepower. The freight rate in those days for mountain hauling was $1.70 per 100pounds per 100 miles, and he made trips where the gross payor the freightamounted to $14,000 or over. He told of one little contract which he had withhe government hauling wood across the Platte river during verycold weather.The stream was frozen partlyover, but the channel was open in the middle. Sixor eight yoke of oxen were strung out to each wagon so that some of themwould be on good footing all of the time and with the drivers clinging to theox-bows when theywere going through the open water, the wood wasmoved. Here he demonstrated to his satisfaction that whiskeywas of no real benefit toa man, and he never used it in all the hardships he went through. But for thiswork he had to furnish it to those who worked, and theykept fires on eitherbank of the stream and both coffee and whiskeyfor the men, and those whoused the coffee stood the work more hours a daythan those who drank liquor.In 1868 he sold part of his oufit, and with the other part returned tonortheastern Iowa, buying a farm in Deleware countythe following year whichhe settled down to improve, and remained here until sometime in the late '80'swhen he moved to Coleridge, which place was their home until theymoved toLincoln about three years ago, and are now planning or return to Lincoln orColeridge for the remainder of their days. At the age of 82 Mr. Moore is well and spry, and no one guesses within ten orfifteen years of his age, having always enjoyed almost perfect health, his onlysickness being blood-poisoning resulting from an accident which cost him partof his left hand. As a result he went to a hospital and had the arm amputatednear the shoulder and rallied to his usual good health, although upward of 75years of age when the arm was lost. Once only, and that after an absence of 38 years did he visit his native state,and then those whom he found of his boyhood days none were in a physicalcondition that compared with his, and when asked about it would tell that noone grows old in the west, and we think the saying is in a measure true. Inured to hardship from his youth, he spent a large part of his life on thefrontier amid privations that onlythe rugged could withstand, he is todayapparentlyin perfect health, and one of the few people now living who can tellfrom personal knowledge of the men who fought for national independencefrom British rule. In politics he has always been a republican, and is yet, but says that if he livesuntil November he will vote for Woodrow Wilson, for he does not think thecandidates named bythe other parties represent republicanism. While at Wayne he contracted for a modest tombstone to be placed on thefamilylot in the in the cemeteryat Coleridge so that it will be there to mark thelast resting place of himself and worthywife when theyshall have closed theireyes to earthlyscenes. So it is that after a life of wandering Coleridge isselected as the place that to them seems the most like home, and there theywant to be taken when the end comes. LAWRENCE, KANSAS.JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.1903.Page 2List of Subscribers.COPY Dr. H. H. Moore, Chautauqua, N. Y.,2 Frank H. Moore, Albuquerque, N. M.,1 Mrs. Cleland N. Offley, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.,1 P. P. Moore, Charlotte, Michigan,1 Mary Virginia Agnew, Alexandria, Virginia,1 M. D. Moore, Fond du Lac, Wis.,1 Edward J. Moore, 216 Front St., New York,1 V. A. Moore, Ithaca, N. Y.,2 J. B. Moore, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,1 Dr. William Frederick Holcombe, 78 Lexington Ave., New York,1 Mrs. Lorenzo Burrows, Albion, N. Y.,1 Mrs. D. S. Crossette, Constantine, Michigan,4 David P. Hart, Akron, Ohio,1 Joel W. Howey, Canandaigua, N. Y.,1 Hon. James S. Moore, West Stockbridge, Mass.,1 Cornelia Nelson Irvin, Jamestown, N. Y.,1 Clifford O. Moore, Hartford, Conn.,1 Judge Pliny W. Bartholomew, Indianapolis, Indiana,1 William A. Moore, Hartford, Conn.,2 Martin H. Smith, Suffield, Conn.,1 Mrs. Marcia Gaylord Fowler, Berkeley, California,1 Edgar Norwood Smith, Suffield, Conn.,1 Mrs. Wm. F. Risley, Vernon, Tolland Co., Conn.,1 Hon. Park Agnew, Alexandria, Va.,1 Mrs. F. J. King, Montague, Calif.,1 Thomas Nelson, Stone House, Nev.,1 A. Dibble, Westfield, Mass.,1 C. J. Moore, Mantua, Ohio,1 Dr. E. C. Hebbard, Boston, Mass.,1 Sarah J. Moore, Springfield, Mass.,1 Schuyler S. Moore, 20 Broad Street, New York,1 Melvin B. Smith, Lowell, Mass.,1 Julia E. M. Tower, Rochester, N. Y.,1 Reuben Moore, Chatham, N. Y.,1 W. W. Moore, Mantua, Ohio,1 Hon. F. A. Derthick, Mantua, Ohio,1 Rev. G. H. Fairbanks, Cleveland, Ohio,1 Norfolk Library, Norfolk, Conn.1 Mrs. M. H. Sanford, Tarriffville, Conn.,1 Lucy S. Ruggles, Monkland, Oregon,1 Com. Jno. W. Moore, Brooklyn, N. Y.,1 Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn.,1 New York Historical Society, Second Ave., New York,1 State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin,1 Alexander Whiteside, Boston, Mass.,1 Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn.,1 Syracuse Public Library, Syracuse, N. Y.,1 A. C. Van Cott, Colorado Springs, Col.,1 Edwin M. Moore, Fond du Lac, Wis.,1 F. M. Moore, Fond du Lac, Wis.,1 D. C. Moore, Grafton, N. Dakota,1 Miss F. A. Moore, Talcottville, Conn.,1 Jennie E. Heath, Ann Arbor, Mich.,1 Silas Bronson Library, Waterbury, Conn.,1 H. Warren Phelps, Columbus, Ohio,2 Delia E. Slocum, Colorado Springs, Col.,1 Orland Earl Moore, Westfield, Mass.,1 Mary L. Heilman, Philadelphia, Pa.,1 Mrs. Gertrude Hart Larkins, East Liverpool, Ohio,1 J. J. Moore, Oshkosh. Wisconsin,1 Elbert A. Chapman, Montgomery, Mass.,1 Robb Combs, Kansas City, Mo.,1 Mrs. O. A. Moore, Westfield, Mass.,1 Wilbert T. Moore, Huntington, Mass,,1 Mrs. Mary Dobson, Litchfield, Mich.,1 H. E. Moore, Westfield, Mass.,1 Mrs. Z. C. Ford, Northville, N. Y.,1 Lucien O. Moore, Montgomery, Mass.,1 Mrs. Duane N. Griffin, New Haven, Conn.,1 Oliver A. Moore, Montgomery, Mass.,1 Henry Nelson, Chico, California,1 C. L. Moore, Westfield, Mass.,1 Lyman B. Moore, Holyoke, Mass.,2 M. E. Moore, Westfield, Mass.,1 Mrs. C. M. Dibble, Riley, Oregon,1 Arthur E. Hunt, Westfield, Mass.1 Edward A. Allen, New York City,1 Miss R. M. Moore, Mantua, Ohio,1 Sylvanus Moore, Oxford, N. Y.,3 Mrs. M. W. Smith, Aurora, Ill.,1 Charles E. Hewitt, Chicago, Ill.,1 Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.,1 John Fowler, Westfield, Mass.,2 Page 3M. D. Moore, Fond du Lac, Wis.,1 Mrs. M. B. Du Bois, Madison Ave., New York,1 Delia M. Thompson, Stewartsville, N. J.1 DeWitt Moore, Indianapolis, Ind.,1 Burt L. Shepard, Chicago, Ill.,1 Joseph M. Moore, M. D., West Rupert, Vermont,1 G. W. Moore, Akron, Ohio,1 Samuel A. Moore, Atchison, Kansas,1 L. D. Harvey, Harvey, Michigan,1 Mrs. Samuel W. Moore, Kansas City, Mo.,1 Dr. W. F. Fairbanks, Kansas City, Kansas,1 Mrs. Charlotte L. Coles, Wellsborough, Pa.,1 Frederic L. Nettleton, Hartford, Conn.,1 G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York,1 V. D. Allen, Cleveland, Ohio,1 New-England Historic Geneological Society, Boston, Mass.,1 Mrs. Myra C. Lewis, Alma, Mich.,1 Hon. Daniel B. Child, E. 73d St., New York,1 Dana S. Moore, Westfield, Mass.,1 Harry E. Moore, Westfield, Mass.,3 William A. Childs, Englewood, N. J.,1 Demmie P. Cooke, Columbus, Ohio,1 Charles E. Moore, Santa Clara, Calif.,1 Mrs. Ottie Smith Moore, Evansville, Ind.,1 Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, N. Y.,1 L. B. Smith, Brooklyn, N. Y.,1 Mrs. Belle Lee Case, Barkhamsted, Conn.,1 The correspondence, familyrecords, etc., will be deposited with the KansasState Historical Societyfor the use of the future genealogist of the family. ERRATA.The following numbers should have been precededbya star (*): 32, 1672,2348, 3055, 3056. A. D. Rogers, p. 41, should be Ada Rogers. Irwin Levi Gunnison, No. 2660, p. 250, should be Irvin. Edna I. Belden's name, p. 168, is omitted from the index. In family 2077, Wilbert Clement should read Wilbert Clement Reed. Names preceded by a star (*) re-appear as the head of a family. Page 4Preface.In 1900, I printed a pamphlet giving the record of three generations of thedescendants of Andrew Moore of Poquonock, Conn. In that publication Ipromised to print the records of his descendants if it proved possible to obtainthem. This book is published in fulfillment of that promise. I have not accomplished all that I hoped, but I comfort myself with thereflection that the fault is not all mine. Of some of the families it was impossibleto get a trace. In some members of the family it was not possible to awakesufficient interest in the work to induce them to furnish their records. It is very probable that mistakes will be found, but the records of the latergenerations are in writing furnished by the several families and ought to beaccurate. It is hoped that those who are interested will save all new matter which theyare able to obtain, that some later genealogist will be able to make a completerecord of the family. It remains to express myobligations, which are infinite, to the people who haveassisted in procuring the records for this work, together with some of theGenealogies drawn upon. Stiles' Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, has beenindispensable. The Goodwins of Hartford, Conn.; George Hayes of Windsorand His Descendants, and The Higleys and Their Ancestry, are here creditedwith much valuable matter. The Leonard and Cushman Genealogies havefurnished the records of those families. Mrs. O. A. Moore, of Westfield, Mass., and Comodore John W. Moore, ofBrooklyn, N. Y., have been indefatigable in their search for records. V. D.Allen, of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. H. O. Moore, of Rutland, Vt., Wm. A.Moore, of Hartford, Conn., and manyothers, should be remembered bythefamilyfor the work theyhave done in preserving its records. Miss MaryL.Whitman, genealogist, of Hartford, Conn., is painstaking and reliable in all thatshe does. "So! now 'tis ended, like an old wife's story."I hope the familywill take as much pleasure in completing the records as Ihave in gathering those contained in this book. H. L. MOORE. Lawrence, Kan., July 23, 1903. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Andrew Moore and his Descendants.1. The first mention, yet discovered, of ANDREW MOORE, of Poquonnock,Conn., is the record of his marriage, which is as follows: "ANDREW MOORE& fara Phelpes yt was Dafter of famuell Phelpes ware married by captenNewberry, february. 15. 1671."1 Samuel Phelps was the son of William, theimmigrant, who came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1630, and thence to Windsor,Conn., in 1636. He married Sarah (dau. of Edward) Griswold Nov. 10, 1650,and "Sarah Phelps was born in March, the latter end of 1653." (WindsorTown Record.) The Phelps family came from Tewkesbury, England, on theship Mary and John. Sarah Griswold, b. Kenilworth, England, in 1628, cameto America with her father in 1639. They settled in Windsor, Conn. In 1673, 34 members of the church of Windsor, called the new church, signeda paper which Gov. Winthrop endorsed, "Windsor men of the new church,complaint in Winter, 1673." (See Stiles' Ancient Windsor, Vol. I, p. 206.) In1675 Matthew Grant paid Andrew Moore 1, 17s., on "warr account." Thismust have been for services during the destruction of Simsbury by the Indians.Jan. 23, 1674, the town, by Matthew Grant, paid Andrew Moore, NathanielPinney and Joseph Griswold for making a new ferry boat. They were paid 3,6s., 8d., in barter, and it seems, too, that the tax levy was assigned beforecollection in the payment of debts, "In the good old colony times." Here isAndrew's share in payment of the ferry boat account: 2 bushels wheat,0--8--0 2 bushels of Indan5--0 Danels Haydns rate10--0 Abram Randel and Abram Phelps rate9--7 Job Drakes rate9--7 (???) rate6--2 (???)2--5 Set off with Jeremy Jillets that he owed him0--7--0 Had of Math. Grant 2 boshel of Indan5--0 and 2lb 3 of flax2--9 and benaja Holcoms rate1--2 3--6--8.

August 24, 1678, Andrew Moore and 34 others were sued by James Cornishfor a school bill of 0--5--2. His oldest child, 1NOTE.--Savage says "married Sarah Phelps, perhaps dau. of William," andhe married Sarah the dau. of Samuel to John Mansfield. Stiles had discoveredthe record of Andrew's marriage to Sarah the dau. of Samuel, and then deliberatelyassassinated Andrew in 1680, and married his widow to John Mansfield in 1683. Weobject;--still John Mansfield married Sarah Phelps It is suggested that the Sarah hemarried was Sarah dau. of Humphrey and Mary (Hull) Pinney, born, Windsor, Conn.,Nov. 19, and baptized Dec. 3, 1648, who married William Phelps Dec. 20, 1676. He diedFeb. 17, 1681, leaving his widow Sarah Phelps, then 33 years of age. Here is a SarahPhelps who perhaps married John Mansfield in 1683, The record of the marriage is as follows:"John Mansfield and Sarah Phelps were marired Dec, 13th --." The date precedingthis entry is Apr. 14, 1668, and the first date following is April 5, 1678. (WindsorRecords, Vols. I and II.) Page 6Sarah, was then but 6 years of age. It would seem that Andrew was a littleslack in educational matters. Dec. 20, 1680, he was paid by the town for laboron the church. He had a grant of land at Salmon Brook, now Granby, Conn.,in 1680, in which he is called "Andrew Moore the carpenter, of Windsor,Conn." Major John Talcott, who had agreed to extinguish the Indian title to Simsburyfor 300 acres of land, gives a gloomy account of this, at that time, westerncountry. He says that he "can find no place where any thing considerable canbe taken up, the most of that which some call meadow is full of small brushand vines through which is no passing, or full of trees great and small, and in yeplace where the best land of that sort is, there is no accomodation of upland toit saving only mighty tall mountaynes and Rockes and the way bad to it, and agreat way to all of it, and will be dismally obscure and solitary to any that shalllive upon it, and very hard coming at the market, not only because of theremoteness but badness of the passage, and the society of the neighborhoodwill be very thin, all which will be discouraging." At a later date Andrew bought land of John Gozard on the "east side of themountains bounded easterly by Simsbury easterly bounds, southerly by JohnPettybone, his lot, (allias Jonathan Moore, his lot) the bredth of s'd lot westerlyby the commons is fifty rods." March 29, 1715, Andrew Moore of Windsor,deeded to his son Benjamin Moore "for divers good causes and considerationsme thereunto moving, but especially in consideration of my fatherly love andaffection I have to my son Benjamin Moore," fifty acres of land in Turkey Hills,now East Granby. In the description of this land Andrew mentions his sonWilliam. Andrew Moore lived in Windsor, where the birth of all his children is recordedexcept that of William, and died Nov. 29, 1719. The inventory of his estatewas made on the 17th of December following, amounting to 320, and hiswidow, Sarah, was appointed administratrix. He had 15 acres of land inWindsor with house and barn, carpenter's tools, with farming implements, acider mill, loom, spinning wheel, sword and belt and a library "prised at 8shillings," besides two pieces of land in Simsbury. The distribution of the estatetook place April 5, 1720, and each of his nine children took his share of theproperty after the widow's portion had been set off to her. Children: 2.I.* SARAH MOORE, b. Dec. 6, 1672 3.II.* ANDREW MOORE, b. Feb. 15, 1674. 4.III.* DEBORAH MOORE, b. May 31, 1677. 5.IV.* JONATHAN MOORE, b. Feb. 26, 1679-80. 6.V.* ABIGAIL MOORE, b. Sept. 12, 1682. 7.VI.* WILLIAM MOORE, b. (???) (???) 1684. 8.VII.* RACHEL MOORE, b. Feb. 6, 1690-1. 9.VIII.* BENJAMIN MOORE, b. Dec. 5, 1693. 10.IX.* AMOS MOORE, b. Oct. 19, 1698. Page 7Parents Second Generation,Children Third.2. SARAH MOORE, b. December 6, 1672, married Thomas Winchell April 26, 1690, atWindsor. He was the grandson of Robert Winchell the immigrant, and died in August 1697.His widow was appointed administratrix of the estate. July 18, 1700, Benjamin Winchell ofSuffield, Conn., married Widow Sarah Winchell. It is probable that this was the widow ofThomas. The will of Nathaniel Winchell, father of Thomas, says Thomas left four children,and the distribution of Nathaniel's estate, July 12, 1701, gives to the children of Thomas,land, and "an oald sword," value 7, 8s., 7d. February 6, 1724, Sarah Winchell "of thetown of Hanover and county of Huntington and Colony of New York," sold her share in herfather's estate to her brother Benjamin Moore. Sarah (Moore) Winchell had ten children. Children by first marriage: 11.I.SAMUEL WINCHELL, b. Jan. 5, 1690. 12.II.HANNAH WINCHELL, b. May 18, 1693; m. Ebenezer Hurlbut May 11, 1710. (Windsor Town Record.) 13.III.SARAH WINCHELL, b. -- -- 1695. 14.IV.Infant, b. -- --. Children by second marriage: 15.V.BENJAMIN WINCHELL, b. Feb. 23, 1701. 16.VI.THOMAS WINCHELL, b. Windsor, Dec. 16, 1702. 17.VII.SAMUEL WINCHELL, b. Nov. 20, 1704. 18.VIII.ISAAC WINCHELL, b. Suffield, Conn., Dec. 22, 1706. 19.IX.AZARIAH WINCHELL, b. Suffield, Conn., April 5, 1710. 20.X.JONAH WINCHELL, b. Suffield, Conn., March 12, 1713; d. May 20, 1718. 3. ANDREW MOORE, b. Feb. 15, 1674, m. Mary, the dau. of George Sanders, (Ens.)the immigrant. George Sanders was married three times. The name of the first wife is notknown. He m. 2d Mehitable, dau. of John Bartlett of Windsor, and 3d Abigail, dau. of Dea.John Moore and widow of Thomas Bissell. It is probable that Mary was the dau. of the firstwife. May 20, 1736, Andrew and Mary Moore sold to George Cradock of Boston, for12, 10 s., all their land at Copper Hill, "especially that right that descended to us from ourfather, George Sanders, long since deceased." He d. Dec. 5, 1697. Andrew Moore was made freeman of Simsbury Feb. 7, 1703. Vol. 4, p. 162, SimsburyLand Records, has the following entry: "23d day of Dec., 1720, Whereas Andrew Mooreof Simsbury, Page 8since Sept. 10, 1717, hath entered and well improved two Intire parcels ofTown Common in Simsbury on the east side of the river * * * by virtue of atown Grant, therefore we, Lieut. John petty: bone, Joseph Case Sen. andSamuel Humphries being comitte have for euer Quitt claimed the title the townhad to these lands to the said Andrew." Jan. 17, 1720, he sold land to JonathanMoore. Andrew Moore made his will May 7, 1752, died May 18, 1752, inWintonbury, at the home of his dau. Lois, and the property was distributedAug. 28, 1752. In his will he speaks of himself as of Simsbury, residing now inWintonbury, and of "having arrived at a great age." The appraisers say he has"In proclamation money as followith," 5, 16s. He had a house and barn,orchard, one piece of land in the Marsh of 20 acres and one on the Hill of 5acres besides household goods, clothing, etc. The estate amounted to about120, and was given to his dau. Lois Hoskins, dau. Sarah and the heirs of hisson Sanders of whom he mentions Sanders and Andrew. He had 6 children, b.Simsbury, Conn. 21.I.* LOIS MOORE, b. Nov. 16, 1704. 22.II.MARY MOORE, b. Sept. 30, 1707; d. Jan. 9, 1713. 23.III.* SANDERS MOORE, bap. Nov. 17, 1709. 24.IV.SARAH MOORE, b -- --. Unmarried. Her estate was settled Jan. 1759. 25.V.MARY MOORE 4th dau., b. Nov. 20, 1713. 26.VI.ABIAH MOORE, 5th dau., b. Aug. 5, 1717. Mary and Abiah had probably died without issue as they are not mentioned in their father's will. 4. DEBORAH MOORE, b. May 31, 1677, d. Aug. 27, 1734, m. SamuelForward, b. Windsor, Conn., July 23, 1671; d. May 3, 1738. He was son ofSamuel and Jane Forward who d. Sept. 16, 1684, and his widow d. June 22,1685. July 15, 1735, Samuel Forward signed a pre-nuptial contract withwidow Martha Winchell of Windsor, giving her certain property in case theyshould marry. Extract from will of "Samuel Forward of Simsbury," signed April 10, 1738. "Unto my loving wife Martha, one roome in my Dwelling house, ye use and yeliberty to Live in it during ye time she shall continue my widow, and ye use ofmy well and seller, which roome in my house is ye outter north fier roome, (aroom with fire-place) but only a liberty for my eldest son samuel forward tohave ye liberty to live there with her in said roome--and bequeath unto herlikewise ye use of my little bed roome in ye northwest part of my house to ownuse; and likewise I bequeath & ordain that she shall have ye use of one acreeand quarter of plowing land and one acree and quarter of (???) land, and I willand ordain that whereas there was a joynter (jointure) made with my said wifeMartha and myself before our marriage wherein I was obliged to let her have yeuse of one roome in my house and ye use of one acree of grass land and oneacre of plowing land, ye liberty pasturing for one Cow, and ye use of my sellarand well and ye apels to fill Two barrills of cyder and apels for her own use allshe shall have occasion for during the full Terme of Two years after mydeceese; and like in said Joynter I was to give her Twenty pounds money to behers for Ever as her own property, I therefore ordain that whether she lives mywidow or not, she shall have ye use of one roome in my house, and ye use ofmy weell and ye use of my cellar Page 8Page 9apels to eate winter, and summer aples, and so many apels to fill Two barrels for yefull term of Two years after my decess--which is included in said Joynter made beforemarriage, and as according to said Joynter I was to give her ye said twenty pounds tobe her own property forever, I hereby confirm it to her and ordain she shall have saidTwenty pounds money with this addition viz: Three of my sheep forever to her ownDispose after my decess." This widow was Martha, dau. of John and Mary (Dibble) Eno, b. April 6, 1685, whom. John, son of Robert Winchell, Jan. 3, 1705. Samuel Forward gave his property tosons, Samuel, Joseph, Abel, John and dau. Rachel Hawley. There were 6 children, all b. in Simsbury. 27.I.* SAMUEL FORWARD, b. Aug. 20, 1703. 28.II.* JOSEPH FORWARD, b. Nov. 10, 1709. 29.III.* ABEL FORWARD, b. Nov. 4, 1710; d. 1798, aged 88. 30.IV.DEBORAH FORWARD, b. April 6, 1713; m. Martin Winchell; d. Aug. 2, 1730. 31.V.RACHEL FORWARD, b. April 3, 1715; m. -- Hawley. 32.VI. * JOHN FORWARD, b. Aug. 29, 1717. 5. JONATHAN MOORE, b. Feb. 26, 1679-80, m. "Widow Hanah larg ofSaybrook, January the 9th, 1705-6," in Simsbury, Conn. (Simsbury Rec.) HannahLarge was the dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Wilcox) Long, and m. Simon Large Jan.24, 1699-1700. They had child Hannah, b. Jan. 6, 1700-1, who m. Joseph PettiboneMay 11, 1726, in Simsbury. Sarah was dau. of John, son of John and Mary Wilcox.John Wilcox, Jr., m. Sarah Wadsworth, dau. of William, Sept. 17, 1646, and Sarahwas b. Oct. 3, 1648. At a town meeting held in Simsbury Dec. 15, 1705, it was suggested that "there wasa mine of either silver or copper found in the town" and a committee composed ofDea. Holcomb and John Pettibone was appointed to search for the mine. It seemsthat the mine was discovered, for May 6, 1707, it was agreed that all might mine forcopper by paying the town 10 shillings per ton royalty on the ore mined. JonathanMoore subscribed to this agreement. Some mining was done but finally the shafts anddrifts were turned into a Colonial prison named Newgate. It seems taxation was a matter requiring some attention 200 years ago. Sept. 16,1702, "The following named inhabitants of the noreath part of the town of Simsburyask to be freed from the rates for the following reasons: Firstly, the difficulties thatattend a new place. 2ly. It being out exposed to many difficulties as enemies. 2ly,remote from meeting and mail. 3ly, the controversies attending the place about the feesimple of the land &c." "(Signed)Stephen Winchell, Jonathan Moore, Timothy Phelps, William Moore and Barnard Bartlett." March 7, 1715-16, the surveyor of the town reported he had laid off lots in TurkeyHills as follows; to William and Benjamin Moore Page 9Page 10Lot 8, 53 rods. 12 feet and 4 inches. To Jonathan Moore Lot 9, 43 rods and 2inches. It is probable that these were the three brothers whom tradition hasbrought down as having come from England and engaged in mining at CopperHill. On Jan. 2, 1723, grants of land were made to Andrew and Jonathan Moorein Simsbury, and in 1727 Jonathan signed a protest against the distribution of thecommon land of the town. He died in Salisbury, Conn., Sept. 8, 1770. The following from the Colonial Records of Connecticut. (Vol. XI, p. 147,)proves that if Ashbel died in 1718 another son born subsequent to that date wasgiven the same name: "Petition of Gideon and Ashbel Moore, late of Simsbury, Hartford Co., Conn.,now of Nine Partners in the Province of New York, representing that their father,Jonathan Moore, of said Simsbury, tranciently residing at Salisbury, LitchfieldCo., who now and for a long time has been under the care of the select men ofsaid Simsbury, together with his estate brought his action against the petitionersand their brother Simon Moore of Simsbury," etc. The petition was acted on bythe Assembly in 1758 and a judgment of 100, obtained by Jonathan Mooreagainst his sons Gideon and Ashbel was set aside. It is probable that Gideon, Simon and Ashbel had given a bond in somewayconnected with their father's estate and that Simon "set up a job" on the twobrothers who were in New York. He likely got his father to sue on the bond andhe accepted service so that the first notice his brothers had of the suit was theexecution levied on their land in Simsbury. It is the impression that Simon wouldbear watching. The estate of Zebulon Moore was settled in 1746 by Jonathan Moore,administrator. The parentage of Zebulon is unknown. Children: It is probable that all were born in Simsbury, Conn. 33.I.* JONATHAN MOORE, b. Nov. 11, 1706. 34.II.* TEMPERANCE MOORE, b. July 19, 1708. 35.III.* GIDEON MOORE, b. -- --. 36.IV.* SIMON MOORE, b. -- --. 37.V.* ROGER MOORE, b. -- --. 38.VI.JEDEJAH MOORE, 5th son, b. June 21, 1716. He was in Salisbury 1757. 39.VII.ASHBEL MOORE, 6th son, b. July 14, 1718; d. July 21, 1718. 40.VIII.MARY MOORE, 2d dau., b. Aug. 21, 1719. 41.IX.* ASHBEL MOORE, b. -- --. 42.X.ZEBULON MOORE, b. -- --. Conjectural. He d. N. Y. "in ye Jerseys," 1746. 6. ABIGAIL MOORE, b. Sept. 12, 1682, m. William Stratton Jan. 17, 1705-6,at Windsor, Conn. He was one of the unfortunate command that set out to invadeCanada in May, 1709, during the old French war. The Connecticut troops got asfar as Wood Creek, near Albany, where they lay till fall, suffering great mortality.The town records of Windsor have the following entry: "October, 1709, WilliamStratton died aboard the vessell, coming from Albany." Page 11The widow, Abigail Stratton, was appointed administratrix of the estate Dec. 5,1709. She was still Abigail Stratton when her father's estate was settled in 1720. They had 2 children. 43.I.* SERAJAH STRATTON, b. Windsor, Conn., March 7, 1706-7. 44.II.WILLIAM STRATTON, b. Windsor, Conn., Sept. 25, 1708. 7. WILLIAM MOORE, b. in 1684, d. in Granby, Conn., May 9, 1780. Hisheadstone calls him "Mr. Wm. Moor," and says he died in his 97th year. He m. 1st,Elizabeth Case who d. in Granby (then Simsbury) Sept. 29, 1739. Her headstonesays she was 49 years old. No record of this marriage has been found, but WilliamMoore mentioned in his will a "piece of land he bought of his brother William Case."If by brother he means brother-in-law, then Elizabeth, dau. of William and Elizabeth(Holcomb) Case, b. Sept. 1689, was his wife. William Case was the son of JohnWindsor and Sarah (Spencer) Case of Hartford. Elizabeth had a brother WilliamCase, b. March 22, 1691. William Moore m. 2d, Jan. 20, 1740, Damaris, dau. ofJosiah Phelps, who m. Sarah, (dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah Porter) Winchell. Josiahwas the son of Samuel, son of William Phelps the immigrant. "The aged William Moore" made his will Nov. 7, 1773, and the distribution of theestate occurred Oct. 30, 1781. The inventory amounted to 750. To "my belovedwife Damaris" he gave 1/2 the dwelling house, 1/4 the cellar and well, 1/4 of the barnand 1/4 of all his lands and movable estate as long as she remained his widow. AsDamaris was 81 years old at the time of Williams death, it is not likely that she losther property by another sacrifice on the altar of cupid. Children by first marriage: 45.I.WILLIAM MOORE, b. July 19, 1712; d. "East Jersey," (N. J.) Jan. 29, 1739. 46.II.* DAVID MOORE, b. Sept. 18, 1713. 47.III.TIMOTHY MOORE, b. -- --; d. Jan, 20, 1730-31. 48.IV.* JAMES MOORE, b. June 6, 1715. 49.V.* SHADRACK MOORE, b. Sept. 19, 1717. 50.VI.* MERCY (or MARY) MOORE, b. Nov. 25, 1719. 51.VII.* EBENEZER MOORE, b. April 20, 1722. 52.VIII.* ANDREW MOORE, b. -- --. 53.IX.* ISAAC MOORE, b. --, 1727; d. Granby, Nov. 1, 1817, aged 90. By second marriage: 54.X.* NAOMI (or AME) MOORE, b. -- --. 8. RACHEL MOORE, b. Feb. 6, 1690-1, m. Timothy Phelps Dec. 10, 1707. Hewas the son of Joseph and Hannah (Newton) Phelps, who was son of William theimmigrant, and was b. Simsbury, Conn., May 18, 1671. In 1703 he lived inPoquonnock and in 1713 in Simsbury. In 1709 Capt. Matthew Allen, writing fromthe camp on Wood Creek, says: "Tim Phelps, Obadiah Owen, Page 12Nat Taylor and Bartlett are sick, Taylor the worst." It is probable that this was"Our Tim." Children born, Simsbury, Conn. 55.I.RACHEL PHELPS, b. March 18, 1708-9. 56.II.* MARY PHELPS, b. July 7, 1711. 57.III.TIMOTHY PHELPS, b. c, 1713; d. May 27, 1737. 58.IV.* CHARLES PHELPS, b. c. 1718. 59.V.* SARAH PHELPS, b. Nov. 4, 1721. 60.VI.* RUTH PHELPS, b. April 5, 1728. Mrs. M. G. Fowler, 1845 University Ave., Berkley, Cal., sends the followingBible record of the birth and death of the children of Timothy and Rachel(Moore) Phelps with date of death of the parents: TIMOTHY PHELPS, b. 1681; d. Jan. 6, 1751. She d. -- 16, 1745. I.RACHEL PHELPS, b. Nov. 18, 1709; d. May 11, 1741. II.MARY PHELPS, b. July 7, 1712; died Dec. 16, 1739. III.SARAH PHELPS, b. Nov. 4, 1722, or '23. IV.RUTH PHELPS, b. April 5, 1728. V.TIMOTHY PHELPS, b. Oct. 24, 1733; d. May 13, 1737. 9. BENJAMIN MOORE, b. Dec. 5, 1693, m. Eunice Owen. No record ofthis marriage has been found, but Reuben Moore, the grandson of Benjamin,left a record in his account book, dated March 3, 1784, in which he said:"Noadiah Moore was b. in Simsbury, Conn., Nov. 5, 1730. Noadiah was theson of Benjamin by Eunice Owen, his wife." This record has been preserved atChamplain, N. Y., by the descendants of Noadiah. Another copy of the entryis still a matter of record in a family Bible in Chatham, N. Y. Aug. 7, 1718, Benjamin Moore sold Ebenezer Holebat (Hurlbut) fifty acres ofland in Turkey Hills, 25 rods wide and a mile long, bounded north on land ofWilliam Moore and South on land of Jonathan and West on the mountain. Feb. 24, 1724, he bought of Thomas Griswold, Jr., 26 acres of land boundedEast on land of Joseph Younglove, South on land of Nathaniel Phelps, "fromye east runs towards ye mountains, 280 rods." March 14, 1732, Ebenezer Hayden sold Benjamin Moore, for 70, a halfinterest in 100 acres of land in Turkey Hills. March 9, 1734, James Eno of Simsbury sold to Benjamin and Zebulon Moore"One certain Island lying in the Rivulet in Simsbury, called Eno's Island, lyingagainst Scotland." (In the Simsbury map of 1730 this is called Holcomb'sIsland.) May 19, 1737, Benjamin and Zebulon Moore sold this Island to JosephAdams. Feb. 28, 1737-8, the same parties sold to Elijah Adams of Windsor 22 and3/4 acres of land lying against Scotland. March 17, 1729, Benjamin Moore bought of Roger Griswold 46 acres and107 rods of land at "Salisbury Plains, so called," in Simsbury. Eunice Owen was b. at Windsor, Conn., Aug. 8, 1696, the dau. Page 13of Obadiah and Christian (Winchell) Owen. (They m. Sept. 21, 1693.) Hewas son of John Owen of Wales, who was b. Dec. 25, 1624, and m. RebeccaWade Oct. 3, 1650. (Rebecca d. Dec. 3, 1711, and John Feb. 1, 1698-9.)Christian Winchell was b. March 9, 1672, was dau. of David and Elizabeth(Filley) Winchell (m. Nov. 17, 1669). David, b. Oct. 22, 1643, was son ofRobert Winchell, the immigrant, who came to Dorchester from Wales 1634.Elizabeth Filley, b. March 4, 1650, was dau. of William and Margaret -- Filley(m. Sept. 2, 1642). Eunice (Owen) Moore d. Feb. 23, 1732-3, aged 37 years, and was buried inthe old cemetery at Poquonnock. Her headstone, now broken in pieces onlyshows the first figure 3 indicating her age at the time of her death. It is easy, in imagination, to restore the group that attended the funeral of thiswoman. The brothers of Benjamin and the parental home of Eunice werelocated only a few miles from Poquonnock on the road to Suffield. There wasdouble mourning in the house of Amos, for his wife, Martha, was the sister ofEunice. The eldest of the orphaned children was 16 and the youngest a babeof less than two months. Eunice and Tabitha, daughters of 15 and 11, tried tohide their own grief and still the sobs of their brothers and sisters while theystood around the open grave that seemed so deep and cheerless in theaccumulated snows of a Connecticut winter. What a burden had descended upon the shoulders of these two girls. Howthey managed to bear that load of care we shall never know,--that they did itwell we have proof in the fact that these children grew up to be honored andrespected men and women. Next to the last record we have of Benjamin is the record of the sale of land in1738. The last is the record of his death in the British Army (Conn. contingent)at Cape Breton Island, Jan. 19, 1745-6. He belonged to the 11th Company ofthe Conn. troops. (See roll in Library of Connecticut Historical Society.) A recent writer says of Cape Breton Island, "The fortifications enclosed anarea of one hundred and twenty acres, more or less. The burying ground onthe point of land to the eastward where hundreds of bodies are buried is stillshown. Louisburg forms today the grandest ruins in this part of the continent."Probably this is all true but to the hundreds who were buried there and to theirfamilies it is likely the compensation is a trifle inadequate. It is probable that all the children except the last were born in Simsbury. Therewere 9. 61.I.* BENJAMIN MOORE, b. July 2, 1717. 62.II.* EUNICE MOORE, b. Dec. 3, 1718. 63.III.* JOSEPH MOORE, b. July 21, 1720. 64.IV.* TABITHA MOORE, b. Aug. 16, 1722. 65.V.* AGNES MOORE, b. -- --. 66.VI.* JEMIMA MOORE, b. -- --. 67.VII.* REUBEN MOORE, b. -- --. 68.VIII.* NOADIAH MOORE, b. Nov. 5, 1730. 69.IX.* SIMEON MOORE, b. Windsor, Conn., Jan. 6, 1732-3. Page 1410. AMOS MOORE, b. Oct. 19, 1698, m. Martha, dau. of Obadiah (and ChristianWinchell) Owen, May 21, 1720. She was a sister of Eunice, the wife of Benjamin,and was b. Aug. 16, 1698, and died May 20, 1780. Both are buried in Turkey Hills,or East Granby, Conn., where their headstones still record the dates of their birthand death. He d. Feb. 20, 1785. Amos Moore made his will Sept. 4, 1782, and the inventory of the estate was madeMarch 21, 1785. He had land, furniture, farming implements and clothing. He had "Igreat Bible, 15s; 3 bee hives, 2 sheep, sheep shears, and an hour glass." He dressedin brown. There were "An old beaver hat, 6s; old streight body'd brown BroadCloth coat, 11s; old home-made brown do., 6s; old brown breeches, 1s." Thedwelling house was appraised 65; barn, 20; old log house, 6; 21 1/2 acres ofland, 205; 32 acres in the great lot on the west side of the road, 160; 10 acresmountain, 40. March 7, 1737 8, he sold for 226 two pieces of land inSimsbury,--one in the corner marsh and the other in the great marsh. He had 10 children, b. Simsbury, Conn. 70.I.AMOS MOORE, b. Jan. 21, 1721. Nov. 19, 1751, his address was Little Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 71.II.* MARTHA MOORE, b. April 5, 1722. 72.III."SIBBEL MOORE ye secnd fon of Amos moore was borne october ye 16th, 1724." This child died Dec. 23, 1725. 73.IV.* OBADIAH MOORE, b. Nov. 7, 1726. 74.V.* RACHEL MOORE, b. -- --, 1731. 75.VI.* JONAH MOORE, b. March 25, 1735. 76.VII.* MICAH MOORE, b. Nov. 3, 1736. 77.VIII.* NAHUM MOORE, b. Nov. 19, 1738. 78.IX.* SIBYL MOORE, b. -- --, 1741. 79.X.* JOEL MOORE, b. Sept. 25, 1744. Page 15Parents Third Generation,Children Fourth.21. LOUIS (or LOIS) MOORE, b. Simsbury, Conn., Nov. 16, 1704, m.Zebulon Hoskins August 1, 1727. "Zebulon, son of Anthony Hoskins, Jr., wasborn May 6, 1696." (Windsor Town Records.) She died Oct. 31, 1754, "aged50 years less 16 days." The Simsbury Land Records, June 25, 1770, record adeed from Zebulon Hoskins and wife Martha. She was the daughter of JonathanButtolph. There were 4 children by 1st marriage: 80.I.* ZEBULON HOSKINS, b. March 5, 1727-8. 81.II.ELIJAH HOSKINS, b. July 22, 1730. 82.III.LOIS HOSKINS, b. May 22, 1732. 83.IV.* ABEL HOSKINS, b. June 28, 1734. 23. SANDERS MOORE, bp. Simsbury, Conn., Nov. 17, 1709, married Mabel(dau. of Thomas) Kelsey, Aug. 2, 1731. She was b. Simsbury, Conn., June 12,1712. He made his will Sept. 14, 1750, and a month later the witnessesappeared in court and swore they had witnessed the signing of the will. He gavehis son Sanders 30, dau. Mary 110, Mabel 80. He directed that enough bekept to bring up his dau. Hannah Kelsey till she was of lawful age when sheshould be paid 80. What was left he divided between his sons "according toinventory appraisement." Dec. 4, 1750, guardians were appointed for all hischildren except Mary. There were 7, all b. in Simsbury: 84.I.MARY MOORE, b. Oct. 31, 1732. 85.II.* SANDERS MOORE, b. July 14, 1735. 86.III.* JOB MOORE, b. Aug. 25, 1738. 87.IV.MABEL MOORE, b. Oct. 2, 1740. 88.V.HANNAH KELSEY MOORE, b. July 17, 1743; d. Oct. 6, 1754. 89.VI.* ANDREW MOORE, b. July 17, 1743. 90.VII.MARTIN MOORE, b. March 31, 1746. 27. SAMUEL FORWARD, b. Aug. 20, 1703; d. July 29, 1762. Stiles says"Unmarried--Bible Rec." Samuel Forward made his will July 8, 1762. He gavehis "beloved wife Deborah" all his movable estate "except turning and cooperstools." His widow and brother Abel were appointed to execute the will. He gave "To Ann Eno my beloved daughter-in-law 45."